Engineering South Africa's Energy Future - An industry perspective

Winter has a way of making us think about energy, whether we mean to or not. The geyser works harder. The heater stays on longer. Cold mornings remind you just how much you rely on electricity before the sun has had a chance to warm things up. For much of the last decade, that also meant checking which stage of load shedding was scheduled for the day. This winter, for the first time in more than ten years, most of the country hasn't needed to. Eskom's fleet availability has climbed from below 50% to above 65%, and two of the country's newest coal-fired power stations have finally reached full output. One of South Africa's three big energy questions has, for now, been answered.

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